Madeleine Albright Quotes

What in the world would we do without our libraries?

Libraries are the torch of the world, illuminating the path when it feels too dark to see. We mustn't allow that torch to be extinguished.

We measure the value of a civilized society by the number of #‎ libraries it opens, not the number it closes down.

Libraries are a hallmark of a civilized culture, and librarians represent that culture to all facets of society.

If you cut funding to libraries, you cut the lifeblood of our communities.

Libraries are the ultimate restaurants for brain food. I sleep better knowing there are libraries. I would take a bullet for a librarian.

Without the library, I would have been lost.

In my world there would be as many public libraries as there are Starbucks.

Had I the power, I would scatter libraries over the whole land as the sower sows his wheatfield.

Libraries are the thin red line between civilization and barbarism.

One of the first things my father taught me was that the library was made for and available to me. It's a place where you not only learn from books but you learn responsibility - how to borrow, take care of, and give back.

But libraries are about freedom. Freedom to read, freedom of ideas, freedom of communication. They are about education (which is not a process that finishes the day we leave school or university), about entertainment, about making safe spaces, and about access to information.

If you do not value libraries then you do not value information or culture or wisdom. You are silencing the voices of the past and you are damaging the future.

Libraries really are the gates to the future.

Schools and libraries are the twin cornerstones of a civilized society. Libraries are only good if people use them, like books only exist when someone reads them.

A library implies an act of faith.

A library is not a luxury but one of the necessities of life.

I count myself as one of millions of Americans whose life simply would not be the same without the libraries that supported my learning.

Our libraries are valuable centers of education, learning and enrichment for people of all ages. In recent years, libraries have taken on an increasingly important role. today's libraries are about much more than books.

The health of our civilization, the depth of our awareness about the underpinnings of our culture, and our concern for the future can be tested by how well we support out libraries.

Libraries are the backbone of our education system.

I read a lot of history for fun.

For me, books have been a life-long resource-to learning, laughter, solace, excitement, inspiration. At your library, the world awaits you, free for the asking.

Shout for libraries. Shout for the young readers who use them.

No libraries, no progress.